I recently sent a message to my list reminding subscribers to set NOMAIL
when they are go on vacation or off to a conference. In my message I
referred to LISTSERV asking them to confirm the command. On my
co-listowner questioning that statement I tested it by setting my own
personal subscription to NOMAIL. I was NOT asked to confirm. I therefore
sent a follow-up message to my list apologizing about misleading them
about the need to allow time for the confirmation process.
Now the fun began. A subscriber wrote to me saying that the last two
times she had set NOMAIL she HAD been asked to confirm. I therefore asked
subscribers who had recently set to NOMAIL to let me know whether or not
they had been asked to confirm. So far the vote is:
NOT asked to confirm: 7 (including me)
Asked to confirm: 2
Anyone have a possible explanation for this discrepancy (other than the
latter two are confused about which list they were setting to NOMAIL!)?
The settings for my list are shown below.
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Judith Hopkins, Listowner of Autocat
[log in to unmask]
My home page: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ulcjh
AUTOCAT home page:
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/autocat/
* AUTOCAT: Library cataloging and authorities discussion group
*
* Subscription= Open,Confirm
* Send= Editor
* Reply-to= Both,Respect
* Files= No
* Notebook= Yes,/ssa/listserv/notebooks/autocat,Weekly,Public
* Confidential= no
* Mail-Via=Distribute
* Renewal= Yearly,Delay(16)
* Default-Options= Repro,Short,Renew,Review,Nomime
* Daily-Threshold= 65
* Subject-Tag= ACAT
*
* Notify= [log in to unmask]
* Editor= [log in to unmask],(AUTOCAT)
* Review= OWNERS
* Errors-To= [log in to unmask]
*
* Owner= [log in to unmask]
* Owner= Quiet:
* Owner= [log in to unmask] (Judith Hopkins, primary listowner)
* Owner= [log in to unmask] (Douglas Winship, secondary listowner)
* Owner= [log in to unmask]
* Owner= [log in to unmask]
*
* Filter= Also,*postmas*@*,email*@*,*maiser*@*,root@*
* Filter= database@*darkstar.rsa*,*info*@*roularta.be,*@*Rt66.com
* Filter= *@*firebug*,*vortex*@*,*stumble*@*,*@*vortex*,*@*stumble*
* Filter= *@*nebula.com,jimi@*netcom.com, *@*punk.net,*firebug*@*
* Filter= *@atext.com,list-sub@*,*@*infoseek.com,*@*ixc.net
* Filter= *@*.ea.com,*@*.iaf.net,*@iaf.net,*@ixc.net,autocat@*
* Filter= *autocat-request*@*,*@*muhlberg.edu,*@*reference*,*@*goodprice*
* Filter= *@*ropesgray.com,*@*sqn.com, *@*ripco.com,*@*iqtest.com
* Filter= *@*findmail.com,txmail@*utexas.edu,*@*llgm.com
* Filter= *dejanew*@*,*@*dejanews*,*@*ultinet.net, *@*.nac.net
* Filter= *@*drew.edu
*
* Total number of users subscribed to the list: 3283
* Total number of local node users on the list: 0
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